Photonic integrated receiver for 40 Gbit/s transmission

Author

Mason, B. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Ougazzaden, A. ; Lentz, C. ; Geary, J.M. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Peticolas, L. ; Glogovsky, K. ; Freund, J.M. ; Reynolds, L. ; Przybylek, G. ; Walters, F. ; Sirenko, A. ; Boardman, J. ; Kercher, T. ; Rader, M. ; Grenko, J. ; Monroe,

Author_Institution

Optoelectronics Center, Agere Syst., Breinigsville, PA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

20

fYear

2002

fDate

9/26/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1196

Lastpage

1197

Abstract

A novel 40 Gbit/s optical receiver is presented. The device consists of a waveguide photodiode integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier. The receiver has a small signal bandwidth of 39 GHz and a conversion gain of more than 800 V/W. A back-to-back sensitivity of -17 dBm has been demonstrated for non-return to zero data transmission at 40 Gbit/s. A sensitivity of -32dBm or 110 photons/bit has been realised for 40 Gbit/s return to zero transmission with an erbium doped fibre preamplifier and an optical filter

Keywords

digital communication; integrated optoelectronics; optical receivers; optical waveguides; photodiodes; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 39 GHz; 40 Gbit/s; EDFA preamplifiers; Gbit/s transmission; deep ridge buried heterostructure technology; long haul systems; optical filter; optical receiver; photonic integrated receiver; return to zero transmission; semiconductor optical amplifier; short distance systems; waveguide photodiode;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20020778

Filename

1040995